Kwakuyintwasahlobo ka-2003 ngesikhathi kuhlasela i-Iraq eholwa yiMelika. Ngangifunda ibanga lesibili, ngihlala enkanjini yamasosha aseMelika eJalimane, ngifunda kwesinye sezikole eziningi zePentagon semindeni yamasosha asemazweni aphesheya. Ngolunye uLwesihlanu ekuseni, ikilasi lami lalisengcupheni yokuxokozela. Sihlangene ngasikhathi sinye semenyu yethu yasemini, sashaqeka lapho sithola ukuthi ama-fries aseFrance, aphekwe ngokuphelele asithandile ashintshwe ngento ebizwa ngokuthi "amafries wenkululeko."
"Ukwakha Amabhuloho, Hhayi Izindonga," kusho intatheli yezemingcele, incwadi yakamuva no-tersest ka-Todd Miller. Futhi akuyeki. Emakhasini okuvula uMiller uchaza ukuhlangana noJuan Carlos emgwaqeni ogwadule amamayela angamashumi amabili enyakatho yomngcele wase-US-Mexico.
“Okuwukuphela kobuhlungu obedlula lokho okwenzeke kubantu base-Afghanistan ukuthi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa iMelika izobe isikhohliwe i-Afghanistan futhi,” kusho uMatthew Hoh, isosha elikhubazekile futhi owayeyisikhulu soMnyango Wezwe owayesesifundazweni sase-Afghanistan iZabul owashiya ngo-2009 bayaphikisana nokwanda kokuphathwa kuka-Obama kweMpi e-Afghanistan. Usho okuningi kwe-US
Kusukela ngeMpi Yesibili Yomhlaba, amasosha ase-US abemiswe ezikhungweni zamasosha ase-US emhlabeni wonke. Namuhla, kunezizinda eziseduze ezingama-750 emazweni athile nasemakoloni ayisishiyagalombili.
Emithonjeni yezindaba yase-US, idrama eyenzeka e-Afghanistan igxile kakhulu ekwehlulekeni kwePentagon nemibuzo mayelana nokwehluleka kukaMongameli Biden ukuphendula. Ngabe i-US “yasika yagijima,” yashiya umngane wayo eqenjini labantu abashiseka ngokweqile ngokwenkolo?
Ababhali okubandakanya uHoward Zinn, uChalmers Johnson, uNoam Chomsky noJohn Pilger sekuphele amashumi eminyaka bexwayisa ngokuthi ukuthambekela kwamasosha aseMelika ngezimpi zokuphoqa uMbuso wase-US emhlabeni kuzophela enhlekeleleni.
Kukude nempi ende kunazo zonke yase-US. Kwakungekho ukuthula ngaphambi noma ngemuva kwako. Akukho ngemuva kwayo baze bayiqede - futhi ukuqhuma kwamabhomu bekulokhu kuyikho konke okuyikho. Akuhlangene ngalutho nobuphekula obuphikisayo.
Kunezinto ezimbili engicabanga ukuthi wonke umuntu angavuma ukuthi ziyiqiniso ngemicimbi emangalisayo yamasonto ambalwa edlule e-Afghanistan.